I had always wanted to find that life verse. cause everyone was like " oh my gosh it just hit me and stuck!" so I went on a search for a few days just opening up my bible looking for the verse that stuck. I gave up. That was a long time ago, I had forgot about looking for 'the verse' . Well a few weeks ago, I came across this verse in a song you know"christ in me is to live, to die is to gain"we sing it in church alot. Then, I don't even know how, I found it. I read some context and came to realize verse 20 held lots of meaning for me. And for some reason now i can't stop thinking about it. God is amazing! In verse 20 it says"but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in by body whether by life or death..." This has been my prayer for myself that God would help me remember to glorify Him with my body. I need to be reminded that I only have one body, and only one life to live in it. And also it is the temple of GOD! I mean seriously, how many of us, if God were to ask to come in our house/heart, would open the door wide and invite Him in or would we not want Him to see whats been filling our time and mind? This point of view has made me want to confess my sin more and always be pure because you never know when you're going to be zapped in to his presence. The passage has increased my non-scaredness of death. It conforting to know that in death you can only gain as long as you have Christ. when I became a Christian I stopped fearing death, but this verse has hightened that so now I know I will be joyful when my time comes.
It also says " I eagerly hope that I will in no way be ashamed..." wow! I take this as meaning not being ashamed of the gospel. The verse gives me strength in knowing that Paul, who was in prison and being majorly persecuted still stood strong for God, and encouraged others to do the same. If this was important enouf for God to include in the Bible for us to read then its important enouf for us to take to heart and follow. And if Paul made it through what he did then we can surely make it through the little bit of persecution we get in the US.
So God set a verse a verse in front of me that fits my life, and gives me strenght to stand. He is an amazing God!
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Great choice and helpful explanation.
hee, hee, hee. Mr. Higgins I think your the only person who reads my blog. but thats cool with me. if anyone was going to read it i would want it to be you or someone like you.
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